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this will give the sheikh hasina her fourth consecutive term as prime minister, and herfifth overall. the election was boycotted by bangladesh s main opposition party, the bnp, which said the process was a sham. for more analysis we will speak to the head of the thomas law school. what does this election actually mean 21 considering the controversy around? $5 a the controversy around? as a matter of the controversy around? as a matter of background, - the controversy around? sis . matter of background, since independence the conduct of free and fair elections in bangladesh has proven to be contentious issue. there has been a sense of great mistrust amongst major political parties in the country with respect to conducting free, fair and impartial general elections. and it is for this reason in 1996 the two major political parties of the countries including the ruling party and the bangladesh national party reached a consensus which led to the incorporation of the syste ....
so lets now get down to business starting in france where another day of disruption is ahead. eight union federations have called for strike action in what will be the 11th day of mass walk outs since the beginning of the pension battle injanuary. this comes as president emmanuel macron prepares to meet china s president xi in the next few hours. he plans to talk about the war in ukraine but is also with a large french trade delegation. meanwhile the crisis at home over pension reform has hit a fresh roadblock with last ditch talks with the prime minister over raising the pension age from 62 to 64 years breaking down. lets go live to paris, and a familiar face on this programme, tomasz michalski, associate professor of economics at the hec business school. lovely to see you. so, here we are, another day of disruption ahead which is going to be extremely difficult to manage. it was so violent in the last few weeks, your thoughts? well, this time around few weeks, your though ....
the former us president donald trump after he pleaded not guilty to sa criminal charges and a new york court. mr trump is accused of falsifying records and paying hush money to hide damaging information during the 2016 election. lots more of course on the bbc website is always and continued coverage right here on bbc news but away from that story and what could be one of the us largest product liability settlements. johnson &johnson has proposed paying almost $9 billion to settle lawsuits alleging the company s talcum powder is because cancer. the new move seeks to resolve all current and future claims. samaria hussein has more. johnson &johnson has been dogged for years by claims that it talcum powder causes cancer. in 2021 it in newjersey brought by 22 women who blame the company s product for their ovarian cancer and that same year it set aside another $2 billion to try to settle all future claims in what could add up future claims in what could add up to thousands ....
some signs that the temporary ceasefire agreement due to end in a day s time could be extended. hamas and us presidentjoe biden have said they would like to see an extension, but the israeli prime minister said he was open to the idea but has also warned that the war will resume at the end of the deal. 0ur senior international correspondent aurier garin has more. rejoicing in israel after the darkness of recent weeks. the latest group of hostages freed from gaza waved to supporters as they are welcomed home. both israel and hamas are signalling their deal could be extended to free more of those being held. for reunions like this, after 50 days apart. young hostages finally home. emily hand embraced by herfather, thomas, who at one stage believed her dead. now she is free and, he says, doing well. yesterday, we finally got emily back from the hands of the gazan terrorists. she s lost a lot of weight. from herface and body. but generally doing better than we expected. emi ....
You for your thoughts this morning. 0ur south asia correspondent samaria hussein has been monitoring results. the results of these elections come as no surprise, sheikh hasina was all but guaranteed a win but now they will be questions about whether the results reflect the well of the people stopping the country s main opposition party were boycotting the elections, saying they did not believe the government could hold free and fair elections. they also encourage their supporters not to go out and vote. then there was this general sense of apathy among voters because the main opposition party was not on the ballot, in terms of choices of who to vote for you could either vote for the ruling party or you could vote for an independent candidate most of whom are supportive of the ruling government. and then if you have to take into ....